Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: Medway Council
Gun Wharf, Dock Road
For the attention of: Mr James Welch
ME4 4TR Chatham
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 1634335550
E-mail: james.welch@medway.gov.uk

I.2)Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.3)Main activity

General public services

I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities

The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting authorities: no

Section II: Object of the contract

II.1)Description

II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:

Provision of Integrated Youth Support Services.

II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance

Services
Service category No 25: Health and social services

NUTS code UKJ41

II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)

The notice involves a public contract

II.1.4)Information on framework agreement

II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s)

Medway Council are seeking to commission a range of Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS) activities for young people 10-19 years and up to 25 years for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The service provider shall provide Youth Support Services which will include a full Youth Justice Service, impartial Information Advice and Guidance (IAG), targeted support to vulnerable young people and a range of open access youth work programmes across Medway. The IYSS will ensure that young people receive the help they need to encourage, enable or assist them to participate in education and training, divert them from anti social behaviour and prevent any escalating involvement with the criminal justice system.

II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

85320000, 80000000

II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Medway Council are seeking to commission a range of Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS) activities for young people 10-19 years and up to 25 years for those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The service provider shall provide Youth Support Services which will include a full Youth Justice Service, impartial Information Advice and Guidance (IAG), targeted support to vulnerable young people and a range of open access youth work programmes across Medway. The IYSS will ensure that young people receive the help they need to encourage, enable or assist them to participate in education and training, divert them from anti social behaviour and prevent any escalating involvement with the criminal justice system.
TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (as amended)) will apply to this requirement.
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 10 000 000 and 10 325 000 GBP

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: The contract period will be 5 years with an option for 2 years.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in days: 0 (from the award of the contract)

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

III.1.4)Other particular conditions

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Prospective providers will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). This can be downloaded from Kent Business Portal https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk (ref. AACC-YRUHZ1).

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met: Prospective providers will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). This can be downloaded from Kent Business Portal https://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk (ref. AACC-YRUHZ1).

III.2.3)Technical capacity

Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements are met:

Prospective providers will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ). This can be downloaded from Kent Business Portalhttps://www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk (ref. AACC-YRUHZ1).

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Restricted

IV.1.2)Limitations on the number of operators who will be invited to tender or to participate

Envisaged minimum number 5
Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates: Prospective providers will be required to complete a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ).

IV.1.3)Reduction of the number of operators during the negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated no

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in the descriptive document

IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction

An electronic auction will be used: no

IV.3)Administrative information

IV.3.1)File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:

AACC-YRUHZ1

IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract

IV.3.3)Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents or descriptive document

Payable documents: no

IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

27.6.2016 – 16:00

IV.3.5)Date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

IV.3.6)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

English.

IV.3.7)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.8)Conditions for opening of tenders

Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained